today i went to the park and took in some sun for about an hour. I brought my lunch with me which was a banana, petite bagutte with herb cheese, cholocate cookies and a 7-up. I also brought a bottle of water because it was so hot. I listened to my ipod and watched all the paris locals meet up with their friends and spend an afternoon in the park. There were so many tots there today too! it must have been something like Mother’s day out.

I am waiting on Ashley to finish laundry and then I think we are going to go shopping or at least walk around town. So I have had some time to kill… I have three postcards I need to send out so I decided to walk up to the post office next to my dorms

On my way, I was stopped by a friendly looking lady and she explained to me she was from a magazine and wanted to interview me for her magazine and take my picture. Usually I would be walk away but I trusted her.

She asked me where I was from and what I was studying and how I liked studying abroad. Then the photographer took my picture. He had that well known Justice cross on his helmet and I asked him he liked Justice, “uh…. yeah, they are some of my friends…..” Then I told him I wrote an article for a Magazine in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He stopped taking pictures for a second and said he only knew Tulsa from a Beatles song… Get Back. I was telling him that most people I meet from Paris only know Oklahoma from the Friend’s season when Chandler gets transfered to Tulsa. He humored me for a second and then, in the most polite way, told me to hush because he was trying to take my picture.

ANYWAY, the magazine is only published in France and they probably won’t even use my interview. I tend to get shy and stumble when I am put on the spot. But maybe, if they do, They will send me a link to the magazine!

I can’t believe I only have 2 more days here!

bisous!

It seems like life has been pretty slow over here, all though in reality it hasn’t been.

This morning I went to the park across the street and read for a little while.  In a little bit I am going to go have lunch with Ashley and then go back to the park.

The weather is really pretty today. I am trying to get a suntan…. all though I am not seeing results in my attempts.

Wes, you will love this-

Saturday night we went to a White Party at Le Cab. It was pretty interesting. I went with Ashley, Tasha and Fabien. It was nothing like Wes’s White Party. Wes’s parties are way better. I mean I was in Paris at white party at one of the coolest clubs in Paris and I still thought wes’s party was better. So Kudos Wes! You now how to throw a party!

The RER, one of the subway lines in Paris is one strike. This is a little bit of an annoyance because I use the RER EVERYDAY. It stops right in front of my dorm and takes me directly to school. So instead of a small 10 minute journey to class It has become more or less a 30 minute trek.

There was also a strike at one of the Museums we went last week. Parisians LOVE to go on strike.

I am currently reading Seven Ages of Paris. Its tells the history of Paris starting from Ceasar and ends in 1969. I am currently only on the 1st age of Paris, the age of Philippe Auguste.

It is a really difficult book to read but I am enjoying it because now I know a little bit more about the history of these sites I am seeing all over Paris.

Do  you remember the blog I wrote about the area around the Bastille? It is the Marais area. It is known for its huge jewish population. In the book I am reading it talks about the way Philippe acquired the money to build all of these huge buildings was from taking the money from the jews. He caused a lot of problems for the jewish people, even exiling them out of Paris. But when they returned they settled in Marais.

Lunch time!

bissous!!